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PEOPLE vs. Leopoldo Zabala, Et Al 086 Phil 251

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. LEOPOLDO ZABALA and BENJAMIN LUSANTA, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-2279 | 1950-04-26

D E C I S I O N


MONTEMAYOR, J.:

Leopoldo Zabala and his son-in-law Benjamin Lusanta were convicted by the Court of First Instance of Capiz of homicide and were sentenced each to an indeterminate penalty of from 8 years and 1 day of prisiá³n mayor to 14 years, 8 months and 1 day of reclusiá³n temporal; to jointly and severally indemnify the heirs of the deceased, Serafin Narce, in the amount of P2,000; and to pay the costs. They appealed to the Court of Appeals, which tribunal, after conducting a hearing where representatives of the prosecution and defense appeared, and after studying the case, arrived at the conclusion that the...